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Correspondence from various Jesuit missionaries in Asia to their superiors, spanning 1645 to 1753, details ongoing issues with the Apostolic Vicars and the Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide. Letters from P. Jos. Broglia (Siam, 1678) and P. Dominico Fucile (Tungkin mission, 1678) express discontent with secular authorities challenging Apostolic Vicars. Later correspondence from Macao frequently mentions P. Filippo Marini (deceased by 1685), P. Ferdinando Verbiest, P. Domenico Fuciù, and P. Filippo Fienchi. In 1683, a letter from an unspecified location laments disunity among missionaries. Concerns about obedience to the Sacred Congregation and Apostolic Vicars, particularly regarding oaths, persist throughout the correspondence. P. Alessandro Ceva's letters from Livorno (1645) and Lisbon (1649, 1685) emphasize the need for his and P. Giuseppe Pandone's presence in Rome. Numerous letters discuss events in Siam, including the involvement of Constantine Phaulkon (1686) and a Portuguese ambassador to Siam (1686). Disputes involving the Bishop of Heliopolis (Francis Pallu), P. Emmanuel Taxeyra, P. Dominicum Frech, and P. Joachim Martins in Tonkin are also detailed (1686). Later correspondence addresses issues in China, Japan, and Cochinchina, mentioning individuals like P. Carlo Turcotti, P. Yrigoyen, and P. Joannes Liebaert.